pinna

See also: Pinna

English

Etymology

From Latin pinna (“dorsal fin; wing, feather”). Doublet of pen, penna, and panne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪnə/
• Rhymes: -ɪnə
• Homophone: Pinner (non-rhotic)

Diagram of the pinna (part of ear)

Noun

pinna (plural pinnas or pinnae)

1. (anatomy, zoology) The visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.

   Meronyms: antihelix, antitragus, concha, helix, tragus

2. (botany) A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf.
3. (zoology) A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• pinnal
• pinnate
• pinniped
• pinnule

Translations

visible part of the ear

• Arabic: صِيوَان اَلْأُذْن m (ṣīwān al-ʔuḏn)
• Aragonese: orella f, auricula f, pavellón auricular m, pavellón autitivo m
• Asturian: oreya (ast) f
• Bavarian: Ohrwaschl, Oahwasche
• Bulgarian: ушна́ ми́да f (ušná mída)
• Burmese: နားရွက် (my) (na:rwak)
• Catalan: pavelló auricular m, aurícula (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耳廓 (zh) (ěrkuò), 外耳 (zh) (wài'ěr)

• Czech: boltec (cs) m
• Dutch: oorschelp (nl) f/m
• Esperanto: aŭriklo
• Extremaduran: oreya f
• Finnish: korvalehti (fi)
• French: pavillon (fr) m, pavillon de l’oreille m
• Galician: orella (gl) f, pavillón auricular m
• German: Ohrmuschel (de) f, äußeres Ohr n
• Greek: πτερύγιο ωτός n (pterýgio otós)
• Hebrew: אֲפַרְכֶּסֶת (he) f (afarkéset)
• Hungarian: fülkagyló (hu)
• Ido: aurikulo (io)
• Ingrian: korvalehti
• Interlingua: auricula
• Italian: padiglione auricolare (it) m
• Japanese: 耳介 (ja) (じかい, jikai), 外耳 (ja) (がいじ, gaiji)
• Korean: 귓바퀴 (gwitbakwi), 외이 (oei)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: perrê guhê m

• Ladino: oreja
• Latvian: gliemežnīca f
• Lithuanian: kaušelis m
• Luxembourgish: Ouermuschel f
• Macedonian: ушна школка f (ušna školka)
• Maori: harore
• Mirandese: oureilha f
• Norwegian: øremusling m, aurikkel (no)
• Ottoman Turkish: خیمه (hayme)
• Polish: małżowina uszna (pl) f, ucho zewnętrzne n
• Portuguese: orelha (pt) f, pavilhão auditivo m
• Russian: ушна́я ра́ковина (ru) f (ušnája rákovina), вне́шнее у́хо n (vnéšneje úxo)
• Serbo-Croatian: uška (sh), ušna školjka f
• Slovak: ušnica
• Slovene: uhelj (sl)
• Spanish: pabellón auricular m, aurícula (es) f, pinna f
• Swedish: öronmussla (sv) c
• Turkish: kulak kepçesi (tr)
• Ukrainian: вушна́ ра́ковина f (vušná rákovyna)
• Vietnamese: loa tai
• Welsh: godre'r glust m
• Zazaki: keçey goşi m

leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf

• German: Fiederblatt n

feather, wing, fin or similar appendage

• German: Feder (de) f, Flügel (de) m, Flosse (de) f

Anagrams

• PanIN, Pnina, panin, panni

Estonian

Noun

pinna

1. genitive singular of pind

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish pinne (“stick, spoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinːɑ/, [ˈpinːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -inːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pin‧na

Noun

pinna

1. spoke (of a wheel, e.g. in a bicycle)
2. (nautical) tiller

   Synonym: peräsinkampi

3. (music) sound post (dowel inside an instrument of violin family)
4. (colloquial) point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
5. (colloquial) temper, nerve, fuse (in the sense of losing one's temper)

   Marian pinna paloi.

   Maria lost her temper.

   Marialla on lyhyt pinna.

   Maria's got a short fuse.

6. (colloquial) percent

Declension

Inflection of pinna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pinna	pinnat
genitive		pinnan	pinnojen
partitive		pinnaa	pinnoja
illative		pinnaan	pinnoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pinna	pinnat
accusative	nom.	pinna	pinnat
	gen.	pinnan
genitive		pinnan	pinnojen pinnain rare
partitive		pinnaa	pinnoja
inessive		pinnassa	pinnoissa
elative		pinnasta	pinnoista
illative		pinnaan	pinnoihin
adessive		pinnalla	pinnoilla
ablative		pinnalta	pinnoilta
allative		pinnalle	pinnoille
essive		pinnana	pinnoina
translative		pinnaksi	pinnoiksi
abessive		pinnatta	pinnoitta
instructive		—	pinnoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pinna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pinnani pinnani accusative nom. pinnani pinnani gen. pinnani genitive pinnani pinnojeni pinnaini rare partitive pinnaani pinnojani inessive pinnassani pinnoissani elative pinnastani pinnoistani illative pinnaani pinnoihini adessive pinnallani pinnoillani ablative pinnaltani pinnoiltani allative pinnalleni pinnoilleni essive pinnanani pinnoinani translative pinnakseni pinnoikseni abessive pinnattani pinnoittani instructive — — comitative — pinnoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pinnasi pinnasi accusative nom. pinnasi pinnasi gen. pinnasi genitive pinnasi pinnojesi pinnaisi rare partitive pinnaasi pinnojasi inessive pinnassasi pinnoissasi elative pinnastasi pinnoistasi illative pinnaasi pinnoihisi adessive pinnallasi pinnoillasi ablative pinnaltasi pinnoiltasi allative pinnallesi pinnoillesi essive pinnanasi pinnoinasi translative pinnaksesi pinnoiksesi abessive pinnattasi pinnoittasi instructive — — comitative — pinnoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pinnamme pinnamme accusative nom. pinnamme pinnamme gen. pinnamme genitive pinnamme pinnojemme pinnaimme rare partitive pinnaamme pinnojamme inessive pinnassamme pinnoissamme elative pinnastamme pinnoistamme illative pinnaamme pinnoihimme adessive pinnallamme pinnoillamme ablative pinnaltamme pinnoiltamme allative pinnallemme pinnoillemme essive pinnanamme pinnoinamme translative pinnaksemme pinnoiksemme abessive pinnattamme pinnoittamme instructive — — comitative — pinnoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pinnanne pinnanne accusative nom. pinnanne pinnanne gen. pinnanne genitive pinnanne pinnojenne pinnainne rare partitive pinnaanne pinnojanne inessive pinnassanne pinnoissanne elative pinnastanne pinnoistanne illative pinnaanne pinnoihinne adessive pinnallanne pinnoillanne ablative pinnaltanne pinnoiltanne allative pinnallenne pinnoillenne essive pinnananne pinnoinanne translative pinnaksenne pinnoiksenne abessive pinnattanne pinnoittanne instructive — — comitative — pinnoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pinnansa pinnansa accusative nom. pinnansa pinnansa gen. pinnansa genitive pinnansa pinnojensa pinnainsa rare partitive pinnaansa pinnojaan pinnojansa inessive pinnassaan pinnassansa pinnoissaan pinnoissansa elative pinnastaan pinnastansa pinnoistaan pinnoistansa illative pinnaansa pinnoihinsa adessive pinnallaan pinnallansa pinnoillaan pinnoillansa ablative pinnaltaan pinnaltansa pinnoiltaan pinnoiltansa allative pinnalleen pinnallensa pinnoilleen pinnoillensa essive pinnanaan pinnanansa pinnoinaan pinnoinansa translative pinnakseen pinnaksensa pinnoikseen pinnoiksensa abessive pinnattaan pinnattansa pinnoittaan pinnoittansa instructive — — comitative — pinnoineen pinnoinensa

Synonyms

• (point): piste
• (temper): hermot
• (percent): prosentti

Derived terms

• pinnoittaa

 

compounds

• irtopinna
• lyhytpinnainen
• pinnasänky
• pinnatuoli
• pitkäpinnainen
• pyöränpinna

 

Further reading

• “pinna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• napin, nipan, panin, panni

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpin.na/
• Rhymes: -inna
• Hyphenation: pìn‧na

Noun

pinna f (plural pinne)

1. fin
2. flipper

Anagrams

• panni

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, could be a merger of two etymons:

• In the sense "fin", from Proto-Indo-European *(s)piHn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”), cognate to Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”), Sanskrit स्फ्य (sphyá, “splinter, staff”), English fin.
• In other senses, a dialectal form of penna with either pre-nasal (as in dignus) or post-labial (as in firmus) raising, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpin.na/, [ˈpɪnːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpin.na/, [ˈpinːä]

Noun

pinna f (genitive pinnae); first declension

1. Alternative form of penna (“wing, feather”)
2. a fin
3. a merlon, cop (the raised part of a parapet or battlement)
4. (Medieval Latin) a peg, pin, bolt

   ad pinnās bibere (idiom, perh. referring to pins set inside drinking cups to mark exact quantities) ― to drink in large quantities or competitively

Usage notes

• Senses (2), (3) and (4) are not found for the form penna.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pinna	pinnae
genitive	pinnae	pinnārum
dative	pinnae	pinnīs
accusative	pinnam	pinnās
ablative	pinnā	pinnīs
vocative	pinna	pinnae

Derived terms

• pinnāculum
• pinnirapus
• pinnula

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “pinna”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

• “pinna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pinna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pinna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pinna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pinna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pinna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “pinna”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian pinna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪn.na/

Noun

pinna f (plural pinen or pinni)

1. pen (writing instrument)

   Synonym: bajrow

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin penna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinna/
• Hyphenation: pin‧na

Noun

pinna f (plural pinni)

1. feather
2. pen
3. fin